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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Diabetes Screening

How long has it been since you had your last blood test for high sugar or diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
In the past three years More than 3 years to 5 years More than 5 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,369 8,255 87.9 86.9-88.7 484 5.6 4.9- 6.3 630 6.6 5.9- 7.3
-Mountain AHEC 643 565 85.7 81.4-89.1 29 4.8 2.9- 7.7 49 9.6 6.8-13.3
GENDER
Male 222 200 88.7 82.4-92.9 8 4.7 2.0-10.3 14 6.6 3.7-11.6
Female 421 365 83.4 77.4-88.1 21 4.8 2.6- 8.7 35 11.8 7.8-17.4
RACE
White 568 498 85.5 81.2-88.9 25 5.0 2.9- 8.3 45 9.5 6.9-13.0
African American 28 25 72.7 32.1-93.8 2 4.4 1.0-17.3 1 22.9 3.8-69.0
Other Minorities 47 42 93.8 83.8-97.8 2 2.7 0.5-12.2 3 3.5 1.0-11.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 19 79.9 37.7-96.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.5 2 19.1 3.2-62.8
Non-Hispanic 621 546 86.0 82.0-89.2 28 5.0 3.0- 8.1 47 9.0 6.6-12.3
AGE
18-24 20 14 73.3 47.2-89.4 4 22.1 7.7-49.1 2 4.6 1.1-17.7
25-34 72 66 89.4 72.2-96.5 2 0.8 0.1- 4.8 4 9.8 3.0-27.7
35-44 105 83 77.6 66.8-85.6 8 6.3 2.8-13.3 14 16.1 9.3-26.5
45-54 118 93 77.2 66.3-85.3 9 5.6 2.7-11.2 16 17.3 9.9-28.3
55-64 125 116 93.1 85.6-96.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 8 6.6 2.9-14.2
65-74 102 98 95.3 86.9-98.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 3 3.1 0.8-10.7
75+ 97 91 93.8 85.4-97.5 4 3.8 1.2-11.3 2 2.4 0.5-10.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 88 78 89.9 79.9-95.2 5 3.4 1.2- 9.6 5 6.7 2.5-16.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 159 79.8 70.1-87.0 7 4.8 1.8-12.3 23 15.4 9.2-24.6
Some Post-H.S. 174 156 87.1 78.4-92.6 9 5.6 2.2-13.5 9 7.3 3.6-14.4
College Graduate 191 171 89.0 82.5-93.3 8 4.6 2.1- 9.6 12 6.4 3.3-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 76 95.4 90.3-97.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
$15,000- 24,999 107 94 82.6 68.5-91.2 6 11.6 4.4-27.0 7 5.9 2.6-12.9
$25,000- 34,999 89 80 90.1 79.5-95.5 2 0.8 0.1- 4.3 7 9.1 3.9-19.9
$35,000- 49,999 92 73 73.3 60.7-83.0 9 10.7 5.3-20.4 10 16.0 8.5-28.4
$50,000-74,999 87 78 89.0 77.9-94.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 8 10.7 4.9-21.9
$75,000+ 85 74 88.7 79.4-94.1 6 4.4 1.7-10.7 5 6.9 2.8-15.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 233 205 89.1 83.2-93.1 12 3.7 1.8- 7.4 16 7.2 4.0-12.7
No 398 349 83.6 77.7-88.1 17 5.5 2.9- 9.9 32 11.0 7.3-16.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 98 92 94.9 87.2-98.1 2 1.1 0.2- 5.3 4 4.0 1.2-12.0
Non-Veteran 545 473 84.1 79.2-87.9 27 5.4 3.3- 8.8 45 10.6 7.4-14.8

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*This question was asked only of respondents with NO diabetes who ever had a blood sugar test

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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